"Minari" director Lee Isaac Chung and K-pop girl group BLACKPINK are on the list of the 100 Most Impactful Asians and Pacific Islanders of the nonprofit collective Gold House. (Screen capture from Gold House's website)

By Elias Molina and Yoon Hee Young

Lee Isaac Chung, director of the acclaimed indie film "Minari," and the K-pop girl group BLACKPINK have been named to a list of the world's "most impactful" Asians.

Gold House, a nonprofit collective seeking to protect Asian identity and promote cultural diversity, on May 7 said Chung and BLACKPINK are among this year's "100 Most Impactful Asians and Pacific Islanders."

Others named to the list were Christina Oh, producer at Plan B entertainment, which produced "Minari,"; Simu Liu, who starred in "Kim's Convenience," a TV comedy series about a Korean Canadian family running a convenience store in Toronto; and Younghoe Koo, the Pro Bowl placekicker of the Atlanta Falcons of the U.S. National Football League.

Also on this year's list was "K-pop fandom." Gold House said, "With fans from almost every country, the K-pop fandom as a whole has continued to use its influence for social good solely through the power of digital platforms."

eliasmolina@korea.kr